Scott Meyer est le créateur de la bande dessinée Basic Instructions et s'est maintenant aventuré dans le monde des romans. Son parcours diversifié, incluant des expériences en tant que DJ radio, humoriste de stand-up et scénariste de jeux vidéo, confère à sa narration une perspective unique. Ses récits explorent souvent les absurdités de la vie quotidienne avec esprit et observation aiguë. Le style distinctif de Meyer se caractérise par un humour pince-sans-rire et des rebondissements inattendus qui divertissent constamment les lecteurs.
35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
Presents 35 ways to improve your programs and designs. This work explains how to write software that is more effective. It contains methods for improving program efficiency, including incisive examinations of the time/space costs of C++ language features; descriptions of advanced techniques used by C++ experts; and more.
Providing information on C++'s Standard Template Library, this book shows you how to use it. It includes: advice on choosing among standard STL containers, nonstandard STL containers, and non-STL containers; techniques to maximize the efficiency of the STL and the programs that use it; insights into the behavior of iterators; and more. schovat popis
An io9 Can't Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy title in March 2014. Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little "tweaks" have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard. What could possibly go wrong? An American hacker in King Arthur's court, Martin must now train to become a full-fledged master of his powers, discover the truth behind the ancient wizard Merlin...and not, y'know, die or anything.
Presents a collection of tips for programmers on how to use the features of C++11 and C++14 effectively, covering such topics as functions, rvalue references, and lambda expressions.